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ArticlePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2020

A Solid Ultra Fine Self-Nanoemulsifying Drug Delivery System (S-SNEDDS) of Deferasirox for Improved Solubility: Optimization, Characterization, and In Vitro Cytotoxicity Studies.

Alaa Alghananim, Yıldız Özalp, Burcu Mesut, Nedime Serakinci, Yıldız Özsoy, Sevgi Güngör

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Article in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Alaa AlghananimDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Near East University, Nicosia 99010, Cyprus.
Yıldız ÖzalpDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Near East University, Nicosia 99010, Cyprus.ORCID 0000-0001-7928-1666
Burcu MesutDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Istanbul University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul 34116, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-2838-1688
Nedime SerakinciDepartment of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Near East University, Nicosia 99010, Cyprus.ORCID 0000-0002-1884-0839
Yıldız ÖzsoyDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Istanbul University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul 34116, Turkey.
Sevgi GüngörDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Istanbul University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul 34116, Turkey.
Istanbul University · TRNear East University · CYJerash University · JO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The research work was designed to develop a solid self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery system (S-SNEDDS) of deferasirox (DFX). According to the solubility studies of DFX in different components, Peceol, Kolliphor EL, and Transcutol were selected as excipients. Pseudo-ternary phase diagrams were constructed, and then SNEDDS formation assessment studies and solubility of DFX in selected SNEDDSs formulations were performed. DFX loaded SNEDDS were prepared and characterized. The optimum DFX-SNEDDS formulations were developed. The relative safety of the optimized SNEDDS formulation was examined in a human immortalized myelogenous leukemia cell line, K562 cells, using the MTT cell viability test. Cytotoxicity studies revealed more cell viability (71.44%) of DFX loaded SNEDDS compared to pure DFX (3.99%) at 40 μM. The selected DFX-SNEDDS formulation was converted into S-SNEDDS by adsorbing into porous carriers, in order to study its dissolution behavior. The in vitro drug release studies indicated that DFX release (Q5%) from S-SNEDDS solidified with Neusilin UFL2 was significantly higher (93.6 ± 0.7% within 5 min) compared with the marketed product (81.65 ± 2.10%). The overall results indicated that the S-SNEDDS formulation of DFX could have the potential to enhance the solubility of DFX, which would in turn have the potential to improve its oral bioavailability as a safe novel delivery system.

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deferasiroxenhancement solubilityoral deliverySNEDDSsolid carrierssolid SNEDDS

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PMID32722238
PMCPMC7465256
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